Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Main Findings -- Policy Implications -- Notes -- 1. The Role of Trade in Bolivia's Development Strategy -- The Structure of the Economy: Value Added, Trade, and Employment -- Trade, Macroeconomic, and FDI Policies since the 1985 Liberalization -- Diversification and the Optimal Export Strategy for Bolivia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Annex 1.1. Restrictiveness of Bolivia's Trade Policy -- 2. Bolivia's Integration into the World Economy -- The Concentration of Exports and Potential for Diversification -- Does Bolivia Trade Less than Other Countries Do? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Annex 2.1. Tests of Links between Exports and GDP Performance -- Annex 2.2. CGE Models -- Annex 2.3. Partial Equilibrium Analysis of ATPDEA Preferences -- Annex 2.4. Impact on Employment Using Partial Equilibrium Analysis -- Annex 2.5. Effects on Poverty -- Annex Notes -- 3. Linkages between Trade and the Economy -- Linkages between Trade, Growth, and Employment in the Past -- Notes -- Annex 3.1. Transports and Logistics -- Annex Note -- 4. Export Competitiveness and Transport Logistics -- Export Competitiveness in Bolivia -- Transport and Logistics -- Notes -- 5. A Firm-Level Analysis of the Factors Affecting Export Performance -- Is There a 'Productivity Premium' for Bolivian Exporters? -- What Factors Affect Exporters? -- What Factors Affect the Decision to Export? Estimating the Propensity to Export -- Policy Implications -- Notes -- References -- Back cover.

The government of Bolivia seeks to reinvigorate the nontraditional export sector as part of its national development strategy. This Country Study investigates the role that trade should play in Bolivia's development strategy, given the country's rich resource endowment, and examines the lessons of Bolivia's integration into the global economy. Considering the past links between trade and Bolivia's economy, the study analyzes the impact of different scenarios on growth, employment, trade flows, and poverty; it also evaluates barriers to higher export competitiveness and constraints on exporting firms. The study concludes that preferential access to world markets is necessary but not sufficient for success in nontraditional exports. Efficient services are necessary to reduce exporters' costs, and the government should be more proactive in laying the foundation for export diversification, increasing the effectiveness of institutions, and addressing impediments to crossborder trade.

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